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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Book Review: KJV Note-Taker's Bible

From the publisher:

"Finally, a Bible that has plenty of room for taking notes during public or private worship, small-group fellowships, or any other time or place you feel the need to make comments on the Bible. No more cramped writing in tiny margins—the KJV Note-Taker’s Bible makes it easy to stay organized and neat. Personalize the text of God's Word to your life as never before, and treasure this record of your spiritual journey. Includes the complete text of the classic King James Version.
Features:
  • Deluxe wide margins for note takers
  • Complete King James Version text
  • Double-column text for easy reading
  • Words of Christ in red letter"

 My thoughts:
This is a very basic Bible.  A no-frills Bible, if you will.  It does have larger margins, but only on the side, as well as the bottom of the page, for a total of 2 margins.  The print is a bit smaller than my regular study Bible.  It does have a limited concordance in the back, and no maps. 

The extra margin space does not give me enough room to write in, though.  You can add a couple of words for clarification in the margins, and that might be fine if you are just hearing random sermons.  Right now, our pastor is going through the book of Revelation, and there just isn't enough room to write just a couple small words in the margins.  I assigned  the column closest to the left or right side of the page for the closest margin, and the inner column assigned to the bottom margin.  Then, I use stars and asterisks (and in different colors) to be able to find my clarification in the appropriate margin. 

This is neither here, nor there, but upon flipping through the pages of the Bible, there is a blue tint.  It's not too distracting, but it's not a pure white page. 

It has been very sturdy, being carried back and forth to church, as well as being used in our daily family devotions.

So, if I had to decide which Bible to use, this would be nice in a small study, but not in-depth expository preaching. 

I received this hard cover KJV Note-Takers Bible free, from Book Look Bloggers, for my honest review.  The opinions were my own.  :)
 


1 comment:

  1. I like how you pointed out that it was not good for in depth expository preaching

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